【毕业论文】影响中国学生口语流利程度的因素.docVIP

【标题】影响中国学生口语流利程度的因素 【作者】杨云霞 【关键词】英语教学；口语教学；口语流利程度 【指导老师】白 敏 【专业】英语 【正文】I. IntroductionOral English is an important course for students in China. However, for a long time there has been a controversy about the factors affecting Chinese students’ oral fluency. English as one of the major skills is difficult for learners to speak fluently and appropriately.In the 1970s, language researchers and teachers began to realize the problem of the traditional language classroom where learners received systematic instruction in the grammar, vocabulary and pronunciation of the language. It was found that many students who had received several years of formal English teaching frequently remain deficient in the ability to actually use the language, and to understand its use, in normal communication, whether in the spoken or the written mode. Learners do not exactly speak English fluent as their native language. In order to develop English speaking skills, focus should be placed on fluency without neglecting the elements of phonology, grammar, and discourse in the spoken output.Definitions of fluency. Fluency is often understood as the ability to carry on a conversation and produce long utterances. However, fluency does not necessarily apply only to long utterances. According to Hartmann and Stork,?“A person is said to be a fluent speaker of a language when he can use its structures accurately at the same time concentrating on content rather than form, using the units and patterns automatically at normal conversational speed when they are needed.”? Fillmore proposed that fluency includes the abilities to:1.? Fill time with talk?[i.e., to talk without awkward pauses for a relative long time]2. Talk in coherent, reasoned, and?“semantically dense” sentences?[Fillmore’ emphasis]3.? Have appropriate things to say in a wide range of contexts4.? Be creative and imaginative in using the language.??Notice that Fillmore’s notion of fluency is limited to oral productive l